New records and description of fifty-four new species of aquatic beetles in the genus Hydraena Kugelann from South America (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae)
Author
Perkins, Philip D.
text
Zootaxa
2011
2011-10-28
3074
1
198
journal article
31530
10.5281/zenodo.1050060
2d28bebf-e3c5-457b-9152-8a6877ded281
1175-5326
1050060
Costiniceps
Complex
Ten species are included in the
Costiniceps
Complex:
H. costiniceps
,
H. cherylbarrae
,
H. buscintilla
,
H. scintillapicta
,
H. mintrita
,
H. amazonica
,
H. scintillamima
,
H. scintillarca
,
H. nanoscintilla
, and
H. colombiana
. These are medium sized species (ca.
1.25–1.51 mm
), which have a large pronotal scintilla. The pronotum has a macula or fascia in some species, but is dark, unicolorous in others. The male genitalia are stout in this complex, and have a basic plan similarity, with the main-piece, distal piece, and parameres together forming a more or less cup shape; the gonopore bearing flagellum is short and 'inside' the cup (e.g.,
Figs. 25–26
).